European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes August 1985 american airlines undergoes maintenance probe by Faa Washington the nations co largest air is fully cooperating with the Federal aviation administration in its investigation of the airlines maintenance practices and has total Confidence in its a company spokesman said sat Hie reported that the Faas investigation was by recent safety related incidents involving american airlines including an engine falling off a 727 in flight and the use of plastic instead of ones in the wings of dc10 american spokesman Al Becker said the incidents Are not the result of Sloppy maintenance and have no connection with american maintenance practices or proce this evaluation has been going on since Becker said in an interview from his Home in we have been working closely with the Faa and cooperating with them in this in Light of americans rapid expansion it ranks Sec Ond behind United airlines in Domestic carriers said the Faa decided to come in and take a we dont feel we Are expanding too rapidly for Becker adding that the expansion has been balanced in All including we have total Confidence in our maintenance proce if the Faa has areas they feel need in tests approved at missile fire site plums lid a the air Force will allow state environmental experts Access to the site of a 1960 nuclear missile fire to test the soil and water for the technicians will take the samples next month at the 213acre former missile site on Federal property near Mcguire Donald Diieso of the state department of environmental Protection the air which granted approval of the tests also agreed to begin turning Over unclassified re ports concerning the Accident by Deieso the state wants to know if plutonium released by the burning nuclear tipped missile contaminated streams Lead ing to a wildlife Refuge and a drainage ditch under a nearby Diieso air Force personnel met with state and Federal Environ mental officials on 14 and promised to study ways of removing  soil scaled beneath Concrete slabs at the no timetable for completion of the studies was state environmental officials said they will Sample drinking water from private Wells along route 539 to determine if any plutonium seeped into the Cohansey six feet below the former missile air Force officials have maintained that no significant migration of radioactive substances from the fire has of but they have said tests they conducted in 1973 revealed some Low level contamination in a Culvert under route 539 which carries water off the missile we Are delighted to Becker said the departure of americans assistant vice president for aircraft Don has nothing to do with the Faas based in has been with american for Quick a number of years and he is eligible for Early retire Becker the Post also quoted an Faa official in Forth Worth As saying the Agency chief american maintenance inspector is being but Becker and an Faa official said the practice is it is routine for Faa to assign personnel to the individual and it is a routine practice to rotate individuals Becker Roger manager of the Faas flight standards division at the regional office in Forth told the Post he was reassigning the inspector periodically you have to have a Little bit of its time to it was not a Knight said the investigation is not and it is the Normal function of the Faa and the Normal requirement on Industry to comply with the he said american officials have cooperated fully in the and the Faa feels modifications made in americans maintenance program have been very Posi up photo l fighting together actor Pierce who plays Remington Steele on talks with Diana a muscular dystrophy association poster As they take a break in shooting a televised Public service announcement asking for the poster child is wearing the special phone number on her Rock Hudson Home from Hospital los Angeles up actor Rock suffer ing from ailments including was released from the University of California at los Angeles medical Center saturday night to return to his Home in Beverly a Hospital spokesman said the who last month flew to Paris in a desperate attempt to seek a cure for the had improved slightly and was going Home to his Hilltop Home for ongoing medical a Friend said the actor the Star of movies like giant and Pillow talk and a special guest for several 200 train passengers flee As engine bursts into flame Scotland up an engine on a Glasgow Edinburgh express train burst into flames As the train pulled into a forcing 200 passengers to no serious injuries were although some of the passengers were treated for episodes of the dynasty television series last season had recently indicated his desire to leave the a statement issued by the Hospital said Rock Hudson was discharged from the Urcla medi Cal Center saturday he was escorted by his staff and left in a private his Overall medical condition has improved slightly since his admission july his condition was fair at the time of he will require ongoing medical care at respecting the wishes of the no additional details Are the actors dramatic disclosure last month that he is suffer ing from aids brought new focus to the dangers of the Dis ease and gave impetus to efforts to raise Money for research to find a Hudson also has a severe liver his Dale thursday gave the actor a 600footlong scroll signed by More than wish ing him Good during his stay at the Hudson was visited by such show business friends As actresses Elizabeth Juliet Claire Trevor and Carol actors Tab Hunter and Jack Scalia and producer Ross stateside 1974 heart transplant recipient doing Well with new kidney san Francisco a a Man who underwent a heart transplant 11 years ago and received a new kidney three weeks ago is reported doing Louis of who received a heart trans Plant in May developed kidney disease 15 months ago and underwent dialysis until a kidney became Avail Able with the death of a donor on july his response to the kidney and heart transplants has been said Nicholas a univer sity of California at san Francisco surgeon who performed the kidney he said Bonesio was the first person to receive organs from two court strikes Down acc policy on women As station owners Washington a a Federal appeals court has struck Down the Federal communications commissions policy of giving a special preference to women seeking to own pm radio by a 21 vote in a Case from a circuit court of appeals panel ruled that the preferential policy used by the commission since 1978 exceeds the fecs Legal a mandate to serve the Public interest is not a License to conduct experiments in social engineering conceived seemingly by judge Edward Tamm wrote for the he said that the commissions policy presumably was considered a Good idea that would Lead to a better but that there is no reason to give ownership preferences to statistically underrepresented groups unless it will increase diversity of programming California Man 18th to survive leap from Golden Gate Bridge san Francisco a a Man who leaped from the Golden Gate Bridge bobbed to the surface seconds after hitting the water and waved to becoming the 18th person known to have survived the 220foot authorities Kenneth of walked to the Center of the took off his climbed the Guardrail and Highway patrol spokesman Bruce Moncher an unidentified witness told officers he saw Baldwin hit the then wave to people on the he was pulled from san Francisco Bay within eight offi cers and taken to Letterman army where he was reported in stable since the Bridge opened in 832 people Are known to have died in leaps from crawls 100 feet for help after freight train severs his leg a a 6yearold boy playing on Railroad tracks lost his right leg when he slipped beneath the wheels of a freight then crawled 100 feet to seek officials the Andreas Antonio was reported in satisfactory condition at Ventura county medical where doctors tried unsuccessfully to reattach the Andreas and a group of friends were climbing on the ladder of a Boxcar moving at about 9 Mph when he slipped and fell on the and the eastbound trains wheels severed his leg Between his knee and police Gordon Hubbard Andreas managed to crawl about 100 feet to a Home across the where residents called an Hubbard Equality bumps brotherhood from that old school song a the sons of the Massachusetts Institute of technology no longer will Rise up in brotherhood sexual Equality got the Best of the old school arise be sons has become in Praise of Mit in deference to sexual Equality and the recognition that nearly a Quarter of mits students Are the institution along with the some of the words were changed to remove sexual the University for the first two lines of the first verse have gone from arise be sons of Mit in Loyal to arise Allye of Mit in Loyal directors of the alumni association recently approved the and the unisex Alma mater made its debut two months ago 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